Baseball on this Date - Thursday July 9,1998

Games on 1998-07-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	2	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Jesse Orosco	Jim Corsi	Armando Benitez
Kansas City Royals	6	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Tim Belcher	Mike Sirotka	Jeff Montgomery
Minnesota Twins	3	Cleveland Indians	0	Box	Bob Tewksbury	Dave Burba	Rick Aguilera
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Matt Anderson	Dan Plesac	Todd Jones
Texas Rangers	4	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	John Burkett	Billy Taylor	John Wetteland
Anaheim Angels	6	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	Jeff Fassero	Omar Olivares	Mike Timlin
New York Yankees	2	Tampa Bay Rays	0	Box	Andy Pettitte	Bryan Rekar	Mariano Rivera
Atlanta Braves	6	Florida Marlins	4	Box	John Smoltz	Livan Hernandez	Kerry Ligtenberg
San Diego Padres	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	Box	Chan Ho Park	Mark Langston	(none)
Chicago Cubs	9	Milwaukee Brewers	12	Box	Alberto Reyes	Bob Patterson	Bob Wickman
Montreal Expos	9	New York Mets	8	Box	Mike Maddux	John Franco	Ugueth Urbina
Houston Astros	5	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Shane Reynolds	Todd Stottlemyre	Billy Wagner

Standings as of 1998-07-09

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	82	62	20	.756	--	486	327	159	29-14	33-6	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	80	52	28	.650
2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	86	52	34	.605	12.0	470	385	85	24-18	28-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	76	40	36	.526
3	6	13	Toronto Blue Jays	90	46	44	.511	20.0	422	434	-12	21-24	25-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	72	42	30	.583
4	10	22	Baltimore Orioles	89	39	50	.438	26.5	426	460	-34	17-27	22-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ray Miller	Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	73	40	33	.548
5	14	28	Tampa Bay Rays	87	34	53	.391	30.5	308	403	-95	18-27	16-26	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Rothschild	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	75	29	46	.387
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Cleveland Indians	86	50	36	.581	--	478	367	111	27-17	23-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	76	39	37	.513
2	8	16	Minnesota Twins	87	41	46	.471	9.5	400	378	22	22-20	19-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	75	29	46	.387
3	9	20	Kansas City Royals	87	39	48	.448	11.5	373	470	-97	24-18	15-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	74	33	41	.446
4	12	25	Detroit Tigers	85	35	50	.412	14.5	395	447	-52	18-27	17-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	77	30	47	.390
5	13	26	Chicago White Sox	88	36	52	.409	15.0	443	559	-116	19-28	16-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	74	44	30	.595
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	8	Anaheim Angels	87	49	38	.563	--	443	420	23	22-16	27-22	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	75	36	39	.480
2	5	9	Texas Rangers	88	49	39	.557	0.5	518	474	44	22-18	27-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	74	39	35	.527
3	7	17	Oakland Athletics	87	41	46	.471	8.0	460	473	-13	22-23	19-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	75	33	42	.440
4	11	23	Seattle Mariners	89	38	51	.427	12.0	470	484	-14	17-30	21-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	72	38	34	.528
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	89	60	29	.674	--	475	334	141	25-14	35-15	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	73	46	27	.630
2	6	11	New York Mets	84	44	40	.524	13.5	360	307	53	19-24	25-16	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	78	44	34	.564
3	8	14	Philadelphia Phillies	85	43	42	.506	15.0	405	432	-27	16-22	27-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Ed Wade	Veterans Stadium	77	32	45	.416
4	14	27	Montreal Expos	87	35	52	.402	24.0	320	434	-114	12-27	23-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	75	30	45	.400
5	15	29	Florida Marlins	88	32	56	.364	27.5	372	484	-112	13-30	19-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	74	22	52	.297
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	Houston Astros	88	54	34	.614	--	487	343	144	27-18	27-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	74	48	26	.649
2	5	10	Chicago Cubs	88	48	40	.545	6.0	448	425	23	15-22	33-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	75	42	33	.560
3	7	12	Milwaukee Brewers	86	44	42	.512	9.0	388	393	-5	22-20	22-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	76	30	46	.395
4	10	18	St. Louis Cardinals	87	40	47	.460	13.5	429	455	-26	17-31	23-16	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	75	43	32	.573
5	11	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	40	48	.455	14.0	344	368	-24	15-28	25-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	74	29	45	.392
6	12	21	Cincinnati Reds	89	39	50	.438	15.5	371	423	-52	19-25	20-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	73	38	35	.521
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	San Diego Padres	89	57	32	.640	--	446	350	96	24-23	33-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	73	41	32	.562
2	4	6	San Francisco Giants	89	52	37	.584	5.0	433	368	65	23-20	29-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	74	37	37	.500
3	9	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	44	44	.500	12.5	385	379	6	22-28	22-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium	74	39	35	.527
4	13	24	Colorado Rockies	89	37	52	.416	20.0	408	487	-79	20-29	17-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	73	40	33	.548
5	16	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	88	30	58	.341	26.5	363	463	-100	16-35	14-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	74	35	39	.473

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Caleb Balbuena	P	21.108	signed
Chris George	P	18.297	signed
Tim Laker	C	28.224	Signed as Free Agent by Pirates.
Jerrod Riggan	P	24.054	Signed as Free Agent by Mets.
Jeff Urban	P	21.165	signed

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